midred Obs. exc. dial.
(ˈmɪdrɪd)
Forms: 1 midhridir, -hriðre, -hryð(e)re, 5 miderede, midredyn, mydred(e, -rid, -ryde, 6 midridde, Sc. modereid. Also 9 dial. midred, middrit, etc. (see E.D.D. and Jam.).
[OE. midhriðre (:—OTeut. type *miđjohriþrjo{supm}), f. midd mid a. + hreðer inward part; = OFris. mithridri, midrithere, midrith, midrede.]
The diaphragm, midriff. Sometimes misused for midgern.
| c 725 Corpus Gloss. (Hessels) I 44 Ilia, mid hridir, nioðan weard hype. a 1100 Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 293/5 Omentum, midhriðre. c 1325 Gloss W. de Bibbesw. in Rel. Ant. II. 78 Miderede, li gist rate. 14.. Nom. in Wr.-Wülcker 678/5 Hec diafragma, a mydrede. c 1450 St. Cuthbert (Surtees) 2388 With half þe mydrid of a swyne. 1483 Cath. Angl. 239 A Midredyn (MS. A. mydryde),..omentum. 1535 Stewart Cron. Scot. II. 432 Livar and lungis, modereid and melt. 1570 Levins Manip. 116/10 Y⊇ midridde, diaphragma. |